Intel Core i9-12900T vs Intel Core i7-12700T

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8097 points
8351 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8700 points
10838 points
24% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7946 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
7548 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7945 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
7300 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

188.94 points
224.34 points
18% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11628 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
9560 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2268 points
0.53% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2256 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
33% slightly more cores
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
20% slightly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.38 GHz
1.4 GHz
1% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
Identical
35 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1280 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache
960 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
12 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache
25 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

150th of 1,092
135th of 1,092

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

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